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keen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Violence
Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, and Child death
Minor: Alcoholism and Vomit
lostboylio's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, and Gore
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Cannibalism, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Gun violence, Car accident, and Death of parent
cheye13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Every zombie book that's caught my interest always has a unique angle on the fictional science as well as social commentary. This one executes the tropes well, but not in a particularly new or fascinating way. The novel also spends the first chunk setting readers up to despise a number of the main characters, so I was lacking a concern or connection to make action scenes impactful. That lack of emotion probably also affected the pacing - I prefer there to be action or suspense to push such a story forward, and this story failed to create that for me.
In general, an entertaining but not very impactful read for me.
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse and Gun violence
Minor: Alcoholism and Animal death
unlivinh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Violence, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting
Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury
juledebaum2's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Blood
Moderate: Child abuse and Child death
Minor: Alcoholism
blackberryjambaby's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, and Abortion
wrensreadingroom's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
ghostlyprince's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Alcohol
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment
A character throughout most of the book is slowly dying from blood poisoning and I'm not sure if that'd fall under the 'terminal illness' tag or not, A character steals a grenade so that if he's in a fatal situation he can go out on his own terms, a character later in the book does something similarshieldbearer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Ultimately, a few small things did knock this book down by a star for me. For one, I would have
For another, I feel as though
Finally, and most glaring IMO,
Either way, I definitely recommend this even if I feel some elements could have been treated with a bit more care- which is about what I would say about his work on the X-Men, as well.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Alcohol
Minor: Car accident, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Pregnancy
reddeddy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, Excrement, Police brutality, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Abortion, and Pregnancy